Family Workshops

Digital Fabrication for Young Makers!

What are 3D printing and laser cutting? With advancement in technology, digital fabrication machines that used to be found in industrial environments can now be found on your desktop! They are easy to use, even kids can master them! We will introduce two digital fabrication machines most used by makers in their innovative projects – the 3D printer and the laser cutter. Kids and parents will be able to see these machines at work!

Date

Time

5.3.2016 (Sat)

10:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm

6.3.2016 (Sun)

10:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue:

Laboratory, Hong Kong Science Museum

Speakers:

MakerBay

Reservation:

Registration starts one hour before the workshop outside the laboratory on a first come, first served basis

Remarks:

Conducted in English (with Cantonese interpretation)

Suitable for primary and secondary (P3-S1) students and parents

Each child must be accompanied by only one adult to participate the workshop

Each session has 40 seats for 20 children and 20 adults

Build Your Own Circuit Board!

MadLab is a unique, hands-on electronics workshop for families. Smartwatches, robots, and TV remotes all have the same thing in common – circuit boards! In this workshop you will solder electronic components onto specially-designed circuit boards. The excitement of MadLab is learning how to use a soldering iron, and actually being able to make and take home a working electronic circuit. Soldering irons aren’t scary. We’ll show you how to use them safely and there is a lot you can do with these skills!

Registration starts one hour before the workshop outside the laboratory on a first come, first served basis

Remarks:

Conducted in English (with Cantonese interpretation)

Suitable for primary (P4-6) students and parents

Each child must be accompanied by only one adult to participate the workshop

Each session has 40 seats for 20 children and 20 adults

Make a Moisturiser!

This hands-on, practical experiment provides an introduction to formulation science, and shows you the chemistry of how an everyday item is made. Create your own moisturiser to take home with you, work together to investigate what you think makes a good moisturiser, and bring out your inner entrepreneur by calculating how much profit you could make selling your new product!

Registration starts one hour before the workshop outside the laboratory on a first come, first served basis

Remarks:

Conducted in English (with Cantonese interpretation)

Suitable for primary (P4-6) students and parents

Each child must be accompanied by only one adult to participate the workshop

Each session has 40 seats for 20 children and 20 adults

Slime Time

Slime is a strange substance. Left to its own devices, it oozes like a liquid; give it a push or a pull, and it’s stiff like a solid. This workshop looks at materials in how they change and transform and it also involves making slippery slime.